Renova kept the eight points lead in front of Rabotnicki after both teams won in the 24th round. Vardar and Metalurg played a scoreless draw, Sileks defeated Pobeda and Pelister drew away to Milano.
Macedonian internationals performances
Agim Ibraimi with a goal for Olimpija, Goran Popov gets demoted to the bench for his poor play, Aleksandar Stankov makes his debut with Roda, and Aleksandar Mitreski is no longer a Sion player after his contract was terminated for lying about how many times he was at the casino.
Macedonian Second League – Round 19
Bregalnica Stip used the draw between Skopje and Shkendija 79 to get back on the 2nd place and now has three points less than table topper Shkendija 79, but only one more than Skopje. Very interesting promotion battle!
Potential internacionals performances
Jovan Markoski scored two goals for Vorskla, while Marko Markovski scored once for Greek side Doxa.
Preview: Round 24
24th round of the first football league is scheduled for this weekend, but for Saturday because of Easter.
Midweek internationals performances
Goran Pandev and Inter beat CSKA Moskva in the 1st leg of the Champions League quarterfinal, while Mirko Ivanovski has a new manager as his team Slavia Praha decided to make a change after a run of poor results.
Macedonia ranked 65th on the FIFA ranking
Besides the win against Montenegro, the Macedonian national team dropped one position down and is now ranked 65th on the FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking with 509 points.
Potential internationals performances
Several football players in foreign leagues have Macedonian origin and still have the chance to play for Macedonia. Here is a review of their performances:
Macedonian internationals performances
Vlatko Grozdanoski scored his first goal for AEL, Ilco Naumoski starts for Mattersburg following a four game suspension, and Goran Pandev returns to the Stadio Olimpico for the first time since his contract with Lazio was rescinded.
Macedonian First League – Round 23
Only a week after Vardar won in Skopje, Pelister revenged with the same result and won with 1:0 in the biggest Macedonian derby. Turnovo held Metalurg, Sileks drew with Milano, while Renova and Rabotnicki defeated Pobeda and Teteks.